Good posting trot is essential for developing proper biomechanics in your horse’s trot. When riders incorrectly use the horse’s back lifting power and stand up in the stirrups to lift themselves up in the saddle in the upwards phase of the trot, they disrupt the horse’s movement by disorganising diagonals by pressing the horse down on one diagonal and hitting with their buttocks in the saddle on the other diagonal. This pressure on the stirrups forces the horse down just as its back is lifting,

Thanksgiving Turkey Trot - November 28th